From the 2012 season onwards Ken has rode for the factory Red Bull KTM team partnering Antonio Cairoli.

He followed this up the following year at the 2008 Motocross des Nations at Donington Park, Great Britain with a more consistent performance of 8th in his first race and 4th in his second.

This gave him third in the open class behind Jeffrey Herlings and Tanel Leok, it was good enough to help Team Belgium to second overall behind Germany.

For the 2013 edition in Teutschenthal Germany, Belgium opted for the same team as the year before, but this time de Dycker swapped positions with Desalle to take on the incredibly competitive MX1 class.

The Belgium team went into the final race with a slender advantage over USA, at the first corner disaster struck when Desalle went down injured without completing a lap.

De Dycker had a bad start and found himself back in the pack, but, in one of the most memorable moments in MXDN history he charged through to take a remarkable 2nd position behind Antonio Cairoli.